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Teaching about Slavery Collection

The following books address slavery and enslaved people during American history. These award-winning titles will help support your teaching this complex, under-taught period of American history, with a special focus on historical accuracy and cultural responsiveness.

Collection of 15 books: $219.25

Frederick Douglass

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Hammering for Freedom

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Midnight Teacher

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Going Back Home

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Etched in Clay

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I See the Rhythm

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In the Time of the Drums

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Love Twelve Miles Long

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Juneteenth Jamboree

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Seven Miles to Freedom

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The Legend of Freedom Hill

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It Jes' Happened

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Ira's Shakespeare Dream

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Step Right Up

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Stone River Crossing

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  • Front cover for Etched in Clay by Andrea Cheng and Andrea Cheng
    Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    Paperback: $13.95
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    Etched in Clay

    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By Andrea Cheng
    The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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  • Front cover for Frederick Douglass by William Miller and Cedric Lucas
    Frederick Douglass
    The Last Day of Slavery
    By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
    Paperback: $10.95
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    Frederick Douglass

    Frederick Douglass

    The Last Day of Slavery
    By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
    The story of the African American abolitionist who, in one dramatic incident, discovered the meaning of freedom.

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  • Front cover for Going Back Home by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
    Going Back Home
    An Artist Returns to the South
    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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    Going Back Home

    Going Back Home

    An Artist Returns to the South
    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
    More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived.

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  • Front cover for Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and John Holyfield
    Hammering for Freedom
    The William Lewis Story
    By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
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    Hammering for Freedom

    The William Lewis Story
    By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
    The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family.

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  • Front cover for I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
    I See the Rhythm
    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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    I See the Rhythm

    I See the Rhythm

    By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
    i see the rhythmis an inspiring celebration of African American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world.

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  • Front cover for In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney
    In the Time of the Drums
    By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
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    In the Time of the Drums

    In the Time of the Drums

    By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
    Mentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.

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  • Front cover for Ira's Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand and Floyd Cooper
    Ira's Shakespeare Dream
    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    Ira's Shakespeare Dream

    By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
    The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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  • Interior spread #1 for It Jes' Happened by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
    It Jes' Happened
    When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
    By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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    It Jes' Happened

    When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
    By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
    The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.

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  • Front cover for Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford and Yvonne Buchanan
    Juneteenth Jamboree
    By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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    Juneteenth Jamboree

    Juneteenth Jamboree

    By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
    A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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  • Front cover for Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand and Colin Bootman
    Love Twelve Miles Long
    By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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    Love Twelve Miles Long

    Love Twelve Miles Long

    By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
    Paperback reprint coming June 23, 2025

    A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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  • Front cover for Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann and London Ladd
    Midnight Teacher
    Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
    By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
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    Midnight Teacher

    Midnight Teacher

    Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
    By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
    This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

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  • Front covernull for Seven Miles to Freedom by Janet Halfmann and Duane Smith
    Seven Miles to Freedom
    The Robert Smalls Story
    By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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    Seven Miles to Freedom

    Seven Miles to Freedom

    The Robert Smalls Story
    By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
    The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

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  • Front cover for Step Right Up by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
    Step Right Up
    How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
    By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
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    Step Right Up

    Step Right Up

    How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
    By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
    A biography of William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and who together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals around the turn of the twentieth century.

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  • Front cover for Stone River Crossing by Tim Tingle
    Stone River Crossing
    By Tim Tingle
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    Stone River Crossing

    Stone River Crossing

    By Tim Tingle
    From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.

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  • Front cover for The Legend of Freedom Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman and Cornelius Van Wright; Ying-Hwa Hu
    The Legend of Freedom Hill
    By Linda J. Altman, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
    Paperback: $11.95
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    The Legend of Freedom Hill

    The Legend of Freedom Hill

    By Linda J. Altman, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
    A fictional story set during the California Gold Rush, in which a girl teams up with her best friend in search of gold to buy her mother's freedom from a slave catcher.

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